CM Suvendu Adhikari tucks into fish-and-pulao bhog at Kalighat temple on the occasion of Kaushiki Amavasya on Thursday Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari visited Kalighat temple on the occasion of Kaushiki Amavasya on Thursday evening and had the prasad — comprising fried fish, fish head and basanti pulao (yellow rice) — after praying to Goddess…
Sumit Roy being escorted to Bhavani Bhawan by CID officers Kolkata: Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, was arrested from Banerjee’s Kalighat residence on Thursday, less than 90 minutes after Supreme Court dismissed Roy’s anticipatory bail plea in the Salboni land-grab case.This was the second time that cops were…
Kolkata: Flight connections to Shanghai and Siam Reap, the temple town famous for Angkor Wat, will be reinstated from Oct ahead of the Durga Puja holidays. The city will also get another flight to Singapore from next month. At present, Singapore Airlines operates daily flights between Kolkata and Singapore City.IndiGo Airlines that operates over 100…
Vehicles stuck in congestion on VIP Road Kolkata: An unexpected gesture from the airline carrier saved the day for Tollygunge resident, Rashmi Kothari. She was scheduled to fly from Kolkata to Bengaluru on an 8.25 pm Akasa flight on Wednesday. She had left home around 5.40 pm, expecting the journey to take about an hour….
The bottle of unidentified liquid Kolkata: Two men died after consuming an unidentified liquid during a drinking bout in South 24 Parganas’ Joynagar on Thursday evening. Cops said there was no evidence so far to establish that the deaths were linked to spurious or illicit liquor.Three men were taken to Padmerhat Hospital after they fell…
Rally participants outside JU gates on Wednesday Kolkata: During the Left Front era, the state govt frequently exercised its power to routinely transfer professors between Presidency College and other govt colleges across Bengal. Critics and academics often accused the Left Front of using these transfers politically—either to deploy loyal cadre-aligned teachers or to penalise outspoken,…
Skeletal remains found at a Kanksa jungle Kanksa: Skeletal remains of at least four persons were recovered in a forest near Jatgaria in West Burdwan’s Kanksa block on Wednesday, triggering panic across surrounding villages.Upon receiving information from local villagers, a heavy police contingent along with a team of forensic experts reached the site. Biological samples,…
Kolkata: EC has appointed general and police observers for Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls. While Harshal Pancholi, an IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the general observer for Rejinagar, Tripura-cadre IAS officer Santosh Das will be the general observer for Nandigram. IPS officers Hari Lal Chouhan and MB Boralingaiah of Jharkhand and…
Left Front govt appointed the first Lokayukta in Dec 2012, prior to implementing Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, which required states to establish this anti-corruption body. Agartala: In a sudden move, Tripura Lokayukta and former judicial officer B K Kilikdar resigned just two years after assuming office.He tendered his resignation to governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu…
Kolkata: KMC has inspected more than 1,000 hotels and guest houses since the Aug 19 fire at a Free School Street hotel that killed nine people. Of these establishments, only 42 have been allowed to remain open. The rest have been shut for failing to comply with fire safety norms.Several owners of closed hotels and…
